In memory of
Louise Bennett-Coverley

Louise Bennett-Coverley

7 September 1919 — 26 July 2006
Kingston · Toronto
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Louise Simone Bennett-Coverley , known by her pen name Miss Lou, was a Jamaican poet, folklorist, actress, writer and educator. Writing and performing her poems in Jamaican Patois or Creole, Bennett worked to preserve the practice of presenting poetry, folk songs and stories in patois, establishing the validity of local languages for literary expression.

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